American Pig-Iron in 1888. [Volume: 8, Issue: 3, 1889, pp. 170-180]

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The Middle States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Maryland produced a total of 50,800.net tons of charcoal iron, or
8.5 per cent. of the total make, a loss as compared with 1887 of
3,055 net tons, or 5.7 per cent.; 1,989,325 net tons of bituminous
coal and coke iron, equal to 41.9 per cent. of the total make, a
gain of 190,398 tons, or 10.5 per cent.; and 1,925,729 net tons,
the entire.product of anthracite iron in the country, a decrease of
412,660 net tons, or 17.7 per cent. from 1887. The aggregate
output of these four States of all kinds of pig-iron in 1888 was
3,965,854 net tons, or 54.6 per cent. of the total manufacture.
The Southern States, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas, made in 1688
167,752 net tons of charcoal iron, or 28 per cent. of the total make,
a gain over 1887 of 2,625 net tons, or 1.6 per cent., and 947,500
net tons of coke iron equal to 20 per cent. of the total make, a
gain of 220,618 tons, or 30.3 per cent. over 1887. The entire
manufacture of pig-iron in the Southern States was 1,115,252 net
tons, or 15.3 per cent. of the total output of the country.
The Central States. The aggregate product in 1888 of the
States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri was 2,119,456 tons, or 29.1 per cent. of the total make; the
charcoal pig iron being 333.16) net tons, or 55.6 of the country's
total, a gain of 12,807 net tons, or 4 per cent. The bituminous
coal or coke output was 1,786,287 net tons, or 37.7 per cent. of
the vhole product, a gain over 1887 of 66,752 net tons, or 3.9 per
cent.
The pig-iron output for 1888 of the Western States, Colorado,
Oregon and Washington was 27,479 net tons, representing 0.4 per
cent. of the total output of the United States. Of this 20,877 net
tons were made with coke in Colorado, a decrease of 4,414 net
tons, or 17.8 per cent. from 1837 output, and 6,602 net tols were
made with charcoal in Oregon and Washington, a gain for this
district of 5,016 net tons..Comparing the returns for 1887 and 1888 from the sections of
the country as above divided, we have the following table, upon
which comment is unnecessary: